Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back Chords by Bobby Bare

_ _ _ _ _ _ They passed an ordinance in the town, they said we'd have to tear it down.
That little old shack out back's a [D] dear to me.
[Bm] Though [G] the health department said its day [C] was over and dead,
It [G] will stand forever [D] in my [G] memory.
_ Don't let them tear that little brown building down.
[D] Don't let them tear that [G] precious building down.
Don't let them tear that [Em] dear old building [Am] down.
[G] There's not [C] another like it [D] in the country [G] or the town.
_ _ It was not so long ago that I went tripping through the snow,
Out to that house behind my [D] old hound dog,
Where [G] I would sit me down to rest [C] like a snowbird on his nest,
And [G] I'd read that [D] Sears and Roebuck [G] catalog.
Oh, I would hum a happy tune, leaping through the quarter moon,
As my daddy's kin had done so [D] much before.
_ [G] It was in that quiet spot [C] daily cares could be forgot,
[G] And it gave the [D] same relief to [G] rich and poor.
Don't let them tear that little brown building down.
Don't [D] let them tear that [G] precious building down.
Don't let them tear that [C] dear old building [Am] down.
[G] There's not [C] another like it [D] in the country or the town.
[G] _ _ _
Now it was not a castle fair, but I could dream a future there,
Build my castle to the yellow [D] jacket's drone.
_ [G] I could orbit around the sun, [C] fight with General Washington,
[G] Or be a [D] king upon a [G] golden throne.
It wasn't fancy build at all, we had newspapers on the wall,
It was air conditioned in the [D] winter time. _
Oh, [G] it was just a humble hut, [C] but its door was never shut,
[G] And a man could [D] get inside without [G] a dime.
Don't let them tear that little brown building down.
Don't [D] let them tear that [G] precious building down.
Don't let them tear that [C] dear old [Am] building down.
[G] There's not [C] another like it [D] in the country [G] or the town. _ _ _ _ _ _
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